Just read a disturbing yet very interesting account called “The Truth About Gitmo.” It’s a reprint in the January 2006 issue of The American Legion magazine taken from a September 2005 issue of The American Enterprise (TAE) magazine. It’s written by a former SF senior officer named Gordon Cucullu.
(The full article can be found at (search for author's name): TAE Mag
The article was disturbing for what it described as happening to the troops at Gitmo when responding to assaults by prisoners. The incidents quoted were obtained by the Associated Press wire service in a FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act) action, but I’ll be damned if I’ve heard about them in ANY media.
In one case guards, responding to one of their number having a tooth knocked out by a detainee — who then began to bite him — attacked the detainee and one guard smacked him twice in the head with a handheld radio. The guard was demoted to PFC for the smacks. In another incident an MP who was showered with toilet water returned fire with a hose. He was charged with assault. Another was disciplined for cursing at detainees, another punched a detainee after being punched and spit at by the prisoner; he lost a month’s pay, got extra duty for 45 days and was reduced to E-4.
Believe me: these camel-fornicating bastards — the majority are Saudis, by the way — are the real-deal terrorist wise and should be taken out and accidentally shot during live-fire demos.
Now … the ongoing question: has this appeared in the media? Or do we have to hear about the terrible American interrogation centers being set up all around the world some more?
Damn.
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